Best ever solar generation for March

jimjames · 4 April 2020 at 1:42PM

Do you have solar panels in the UK? How did your data compare for March 2020?
March for us (South East England) was significantly higher than previous years with 330kWh produced compared to an average of 270kWh over the last 8 years so over 20% above average. Quite handy as we're now working from home every day!
Full data is here if you want to see details http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/solar-power-month-by-month/12-monthly-data/17-monthly-uk-solar-panel-electricity-output-for-march

pinnks · 4 April 2020 at 2:44PM

Same here.
My expected generation is 394kWh. 2020 is the first year my system has achieved that coming in at 431kWh, so almost 10% ahead of the expected total.
The 6 earlier years average 345kWh, though that was dragged down by 2018 which was dismal at 267kWh. If you exclude 2018 then the average is 360kWh, so yes, March 2020 was exceptional to say the least.

EricMears · 4 April 2020 at 5:02PM

I was 13% above pvgis for March this year. 2012 was better at 16% over

Martyn1981 · 5 April 2020 at 8:08AM

For some reason March is a poor month for us normally. We have been over PVGIS for the whole year every year except 2012 and 2017, both of which came in at 99%, so more months are over, rather than under. But Mch has been under its target of 364kWh every year except 373kWh in 2014 and 409kWh this year.

Petriix · 5 April 2020 at 10:02AM

We had our best March (out of 3 since our April 2017 installation) with 370kWh from our 3.42kWp array. I make that 130% of PVGIS.

Sterlingtimes · 5 April 2020 at 11:04AM

Yes, it was the best ever March and 4kW ahead of 2019. Today, we are generating well but Octopus Agile is paying for us to use electricity between 10.30 and 16.00.